A reader-requested sequel

The author of Shanghai Girls brings back three of her favorite characters in a new novel set during one of China’s darkest periods. Dreams of Joy is a sequel to one of your previous novels, Shanghai Girls. What made you decide to revisit that story and its characters? I didn’t plan to write a sequel. I thought the end of ...

See's sisters story continues

In 2009, Lisa See won the hearts of readers with her novel Shanghai Girls, which followed the trials and tribulations of two of her most spirited and vibrant heroines to date. Through the eyes of Pearl and May Chin, readers were transported to war-torn Shanghai and became privy to the unconscionable struggles faced by women in arranged marriages as well as Chinese immigrants in the United...